Solid list. Personally I think Penn St and Washington are tied, but otherwise this is a solid list.
UCLA seems like it has amazing potential for a culture coach who wants to go there and establish his own thing.
College sports just don't garner much interest in California anymore. They've had decent coaches with marginal success. USC isn't exactly setting the world on fire. Washington and even Oregon are not long-term solid.
Money wise top 25 - No UCLA, No USC.
Underachievers - Iowa (close to about right, but any team that poor on O), MSU, IU, Kentucky, Auburn, TAMU, Florida
Once Washington and Oregon get into a real conference, it will be shown they don't have the depth to compete for championships. The weather is really overrated as seen by Rodgers and GB.
Washington has a really good QB who had bad injuries, but when you look into the reports, he had more tissue damage than structural damage compared to what Cade likely had. They aren't going long repeatedly on Iowa, Michigan, PSU, and OSU. They can do what TN did to Iowa (through underneath and had QB move around), but Penix didn't survive the Big trying to be really mobile.
Iowa's biggest issue isn't going to be the West Coast teams as much as Iowa will be their biggest. I wouldn't be so down on Deacon if he wasn't obese (he's not just overweight and I don't know how a college QB gets that way). Deacon showed some moxy and awareness, but just couldn't move and had almost zero for an O line. Under the right coach with an O Line, he might be pretty good. The most impressive play he did was the lateral in the right position going down for a near safety. The kid does have awareness. Drop 35 pounds and get a line, and he might be more than serviceable.
I think the new OC might be still coaching in some capacity. The new AD hasn't shown that she won't stand on Kirk to get a real OC.
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(in millions of dollars)1-Ohio State $2512-Texas $2393-Alabama $2144-Michigan $2105-Georgia $2036-LSU $1997-Texas A&M $1938-Florida $1909-Penn State $18110-Oklahoma $17711-Auburn $17412-Michigan State $17213-Indiana $16614-Virginia $161.915-Florida State $161.116-Kentucky $15917-Clemson $15818-Tennessee $15419-Oregon $15320-Arkansas $15221-Iowa $15122-Wisconsin $15023-Louisville $14624-Illinois $145.725-Washington $145.1